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Name: Fire Starters
Author: Jan Carson

Dr. Jonathan Murray, a lone father, watches his newborn daughter Sophie grow while fearing the latent power she may soon unleash. Years earlier abandoned during a family’s emigration to New Zealand, Jonathan has few mentors and an uneasy trust in his own ability to protect. Meanwhile, Sammy Agnew, a man who has silenced a violent past, raises his son Mark in a nocturnal attic, fearing that the anger he once carried might be inherited. As the city erupts into flames and the boundary between fantasy and reality blurs, both fathers confront the daunting choice of safeguarding their children— and themselves—against a world that threatens to overwhelm them both.

First publish date: 2019

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Jan Carson

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